Nigeria: Eight days after 25 people were killed there, Muslims attack Enugu community again, causing many to fear death. “When your Lord inspired the angels, I am with you.” Therefore, encourage those who are steadfast. Those who do not believe in me will be terrified. After that, strike their necks and their fingertips. Qur’an 8:12) According to my Nigerian contact: Don’t be bothered by the soldiers’ justifications. They work together. Even if it was the IPOB women’s wing, if it was an IPOB gathering, the soldiers would arrive right away and take control. They don’t make excuses like herdsmen do.” The Biafran independence group known as IPOB stands for Indigenous People of Biafra.
The attack occurs just eight days after 25 people were killed in an earlier attack on the community.
On Sunday, an armed group from the Agala community in Benue State, who are thought to be Fulani herdsmen and collaborators, attacked the Ebor community in Eha-Amufu, which is in the Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State.
During the most recent attack, an unknown number of people were killed.
The attack occurs just eight days after 25 people were killed in an earlier attack on the community. Residents of the Mgbuji, Umujiovu, and Ebor communities were forced to flee their homes following the attack.
Eha-Amufu, the third largest town in Enugu, was forced to close its doors as a result.
A security source lamented the attack on Sunday and the state government’s failure to resolve the issue once and for all.
“These assailants have sacked over forty villages and settlements,” the source stated. They are now targeting the towns. People have been evicted from their homes and communities during harvest time, and the government is pretending otherwise. The government is aware that these individuals are from Benue State communities….
“From the report I got, the furnished herders and their teammates from Benue State people group sent off the assault around 5:30 am to 6 am earlier today. Numerous deaths had occurred before we arrived. We are not many troopers here and where we are based is a tad a long way from the networks. In Eha-Amufu, there are only local vigilantes and no other security personnel from other agencies. The vigilantes initially engaged the invading armed herdsmen, but they were outnumbered,” the source continued.
The attack was confirmed by a community leader who went by the name Ogbuabor Samuel….
They should stop making up stories about our people working together. That is a logical fallacy that distracts from the actual issues. In Benue State, Agala people have teamed up with armed Fulani herdsmen to keep killing and destroying our people. That is the circumstance. We haven’t seen any police officers since the October attacks. You can only see the police if their commissioner is coming to see the devastation and return to Enugu to spread false rumors. Where are the police tactical squads and operational assets that the media informed Nigerians he had deployed?
“We would like to know who the security agencies in Enugu State are that are defending their interests. Could it be that the Enugu State security chiefs are in the state to protect armed herdsmen?
SaharaReporters previously reported that no fewer than 120 people had reportedly been killed by criminals in Eha-Amufu who were thought to be Fulani herdsmen over the past two years, beginning in January 2021 and continuing until the present…